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Title: THE WORKFORCE CHALLENGE: RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND RETAINING QUALIFIED WORKERS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT AGENCIES
Accession Number: 00968557
Record Type: Monograph
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: This report, prepared by the Committee on Future Surface Transportation Agency Human Resource Needs: Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Retaining Personnel, presents the results of a study of the future human resource needs of transportation agencies and identifies potential strategies for recruiting, training, and retaining these personnel. Following an introduction in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 presents information on the characteristics of state departments of transportation, transit agencies, and their workforces, reviews the primary issues that affect them, and describes the changing agency workforce needs. The traditional sources of key transportation and transit agency personnel and the education and training system that supports them are reviewed in Chapter 3. The importance of strategic human resource management is described in Chapter 4, and suggestions for addressing people and skill needs through agency recruiting, training, retention, and succession planning are provided. Information on specific transportation workforce data and analysis needs is provided in Chapter 5. The committee's findings and recommendations are given in Chapter 6.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 204 p.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0309085632
Features: Appendices
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; Figures; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 23 2004 12:00AM
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